Avalanche Engineers - Movie
We’re all aware of how instabilities in the snow pack cause massive avalanches but have you ever taken the time to think about things on a much smaller scale? Get you mind right down to the micro-structural level of snow crystals and how a single bond starts a chain reaction that unleashes incredible amounts of energy and devastation.
Two PhD Candidates at Montana State University are recreating avalanches to try and understand how and why they actually work. At their Subzero Lab they have ultimate control over the weather so they can researching snow in a controlled environment and morph beautiful snow flakes into deadly weak layers.
Do yourself a favour and spend the eleven and a half minutes and watch the following mini-doc to better understand snow at a much more intimate level.
"90% of avalanches are triggered by the victim, or someone in the victim’s party"
